Politifact.com: Statements from Miriam Martinezhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/miriam-martinez/Statements from Miriam Martinez reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 13 Nov 2013 14:53:50 -0500Miriam Martinez: I am &quot;the first Latina to run for governor of Texas.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/nov/13/miriam-martinez/edinburg-candidate-least-second-latina-run-governo/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Edinburg candidate is at least the second Latina to run for governor of Texas
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<p>Edinburg journalist and activist Miriam Martinez said on her campaign website that she&rsquo;s &quot;the first Latina to run for governor of Texas.&quot; &iquest;De veras? Martinez, who recently filed her candidacy for the 2014 Republican gubernatorial nomination, told us by telephone that she based her self-description, which we saw on Nov. 11, 2013, on research into other Texas women to run for governor. She said Democrats Ann Richards, who won in 1990 and lost in 1994, and Miriam &quot;Ma&quot; Ferguson, who ran five times from 1924 through 1940, were not Latinas. Martinez further noted that Republican Debra Medina, who like then-Sen. ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2013/nov/13/miriam-martinez/edinburg-candidate-least-second-latina-run-governo/">>> More</a>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:53:50 -0500http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/nov/13/miriam-martinez/edinburg-candidate-least-second-latina-run-governo/